The Kammerspiel announces the world premiere of a bold new adaptation of Molière’s “Tartuffe”, reimagined by Bob Sloan and directed by Josh McIlvain. This three-week engagement opens Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, at the Performance Garage, with performances Friday through Sunday through March 8.
The Kammerspiel premieres of a bold new adaptation of Molière’s Tartuffe, reimagined by Bob Sloan. This three-week engagement opens Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, at the Performance Garage. Photo by Jake Rhoda
Often regarded as Molière’s greatest play, “Tartuffe” skewers hypocrisy, piety-as-performance, and the dangers of blind devotion. Riffing on the original vitality of Molière’s rhymed couplets, Bob Sloan’s adaptation positions Tartuffe squarely in two worlds at once by honoring the play’s classical roots while speaking with unmistakable contemporary candor.
The play follows Orgon, the epitome of bourgeois respectability, who falls under the spell of the ultra-pious charlatan Tartuffe. Only after Tartuffe threatens Orgon’s fortune, his family’s safety, and even their chastity does Orgon begin to recognize the peril of surrendering his judgment to a cultish, self-serving zealot.
This production embraces tableau, rhythm, and slapstick comedy, inviting audiences to experience the satire not just intellectually, but viscerally.
If You Go:
Nine performances only in a limited engagement.
- Friday, February 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM – OPENING NIGHT
- Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Friday, February 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Friday, March 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Venue: Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Tickets are $25 general admission, $15 student and industry at performancegarage.org/
ABOUT THE KAMMERSPIEL
Founded in 2020 The Kammerspiel takes its name from the German word Kammer, meaning “small room,” and embraces the theatrical equivalent of chamber music: intimate, finely wrought productions created wherever they can, whenever they can. The company is dedicated to making commercially non-viable theater that is both subversive and sublime, prioritizing artistic risk and physical storytelling.
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